Helping Muggle children handle end of book 6 (spoilers)

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"amis917" _amis917 at hotmail.com_ (mailto:amis917 at hotmail.com)  wrote:
A few  days ago, The Leaky Cauldron Posted this link:

_http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2005/07/21/young_potter_readers_need_
to_talk_grieve/_ 
(http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2005/07/21/young_potter_readers_need_to_talk_grieve/)  
 
I write:
This is a good article. Thanks for posting it
 
"amis917" _amis917 at hotmail.com_ (mailto:amis917 at hotmail.com)   wrote:
I was just thinking, maybe you could make up some kind of survey, with  
questions for the kids to answer. (maybe too much like homework though)  
You could ask about their feelings on different parts of the story not  
just the ending. The rest of the book is filled with love and humor -  
but the end leaves you with a horrible feeling. Maybe by talking about  
the more enjoyable parts of the story (Fred and George's shop, Ron and  
Lavander, Harry and Ginny, etc) it'll make talking about the end 
easier.  I've started rereading the book slowly; it's helping me 
remember the funny  parts of the story.
 
I wrote
This is a great idea. I won't give it to them but having a list  of questions 
and story points to talk about (other than the ending) will relax  them and 
get them talking.
 
My eldest went through something similar to this when, in the last book of  
the Animorphs series, a major character died. She cried for several days and  
still can tear up about it.
 
---Mary